Combined dress stay and fastener



(ModeL) L.E.BUCHANAN. COMBINED DRESS STAY AND FASTENER. No. 410,954.

Patented Sept. 10, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LAUREgNA'E. BUCHANAN, OF WVACO, MISSOURI.

COMBINED DRESS STAY AND FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 410,954, dated.September 10, 1889.

Application filed February 25, 1889. $erial No. 301,065- (ModeL) To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LAURENA E. BUCHANAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Waco, in the county of Jasper and State of Missouri, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Dress Stays andFasteners; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Myinvention relates to an improvement in combined dress stays andfasteners; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of theparts thereof, which will be more fully hereinafter described andclaimed.

The object of my invention is to provide a combined stay and fastenerfor the front of basques and waists of dresses, and one which may bereadily attached and cheaply manufactured. I attain this object by thedevice illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like letters ofreference indicate corresponding parts in the several views, and inwhich- Figure 1 is a rear elevation of my device, showing the staysunited, the buttons and wire being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is avertical section through the center of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail viewof one of the stays with the wire in place, and Fig. 4 is across-section on the line a: 00 of Fig. 3.

In the drawings, A represents strips of fabric having pockets a in theirbottom edges, in which are placed suitable steels or stays B, theyextending part way up the entire length of the strips. The strips arepreferably made of strong material to resist considerable lateralstrain.

At intervals on the adjacent edges of the steels are rigidly securedhooks and eyes D and D, and the arrangement of these hooks and eyes iscontinued up the entire length of the strips. The hooks and eyes used onthe fabric are formed with sharp points which are forced through thefabric and clinched,

thus saving time and trouble in attaching the same. Those on the steelshave guides D thereon.

To secure the but-tons in place and avoid the necessity of sewing, Iemploy a wire rod E, having a looped upper end, which I force downinside of the pocket through the eyes of the buttons which have beenpreviously forced through the dress front and strip and through guidesD. The lower end of this rod is forced into a pocket (Z, formed at thelower end of the steel. This prevents the rod from working down orwearing the fabric.

The buttons above the steels may be strung on a suitable cord, ifdesired.

The steels may be treated with any desirable solution to prevent theirrusting.

The advantage gained by the above construction is that instead of sewingon the buttons and making button-holes, I take my strips and sew themon, which can be done in a very short time, thereby preventing thedefacement of the dress and yet holding it securely in place ortogether, the steels preventing it from wrinkling.

It will also be noticed that my device may be put up in boxes, and isintended to be sold as an entire article.

I am aware that many minor changes in the construction and arrangementof the parts of my device can be made and substituted for those shownand described without in the least departing from the nature andprinciple of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with the strips of fabric A, of the steels B, one ofwhich has hooks with guides D therein, and a pocket, as d, at its lowerend, and the other provided with eyes, and the wire E, substantially asdescribed.

In test-imony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LAURENA E. BUCHANAN.

Witnesses:

J ONAS L. CLARK, S. A. SrUoKEY.

